| LATEST ANNOUNCEMENTS | ARCHIVES: APR | MAR| FEB | JAN | DEC| NOV | OCT | AUG |
| COMPANIES | DEAL TERMS |
Monday 1/30 |
| ABB Group (foreign) to acquire Thomas & Betts (TNB) | $72/share in cash or $3.9 bln |
| Gores Group (private) to acquire Pep Boys (PBY) | $15/share in cash or $791 bln |
Friday 1/27 |
| Eastman Chemical (EMN) to acquire Solutia (SOA) | $27.65/share in cash & stock or $3.38 bln |
Thursday 1/26 |
| Amgen (AMGN) to acquire Micromet (MITI) | $11/share in cash or $1.16 bln |
Wednesday 1/25 |
| Roche (foreign) offers to acquire Illumina (ILMN) | $44.50/share in cash or $5.7 bln |
Tuesday 1/24 |
| Semtech (SMTC) to acquire Gennum | $494 mln in cash |
Monday 1/23 |
| Apache (APA) to acquire Cordillera Energy Partners | $2.85 bln in cash |
Friday 1/13 |
| Acacia Research (ACTG) to acquire ADAPTIX | $160 mln in cash |
Monday 1/9 |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY) to acquire Inhibitex (INHX) | $26/share in cash or $2.5 bln |
Friday 12/30 |
| Alexion Pharmaceutical (ALXN) to acquire Enobia Pharma | $1.08 bln in cash and future milestones |
Tuesday 12/27 |
| Perfumania (PERF) to acquire Parlux (PARL) | cash and stock valued at $7.91 or $170 mln |
Monday 12/19 |
| BI-LO (private) to acquire Winn-Dixie (WINN) | $9.50/share in cash or $560 mln |
Friday 12/16 |
| United Rentals (URI) to acquire RSC Holdings (RRR) | $18/share in cash & stock or $1.9 bln |
Thursday 12/15 |
| FujiFilm (foreign) to acquire Sonosite (SONO) | $54/share in cash or $995 mln |
Wednesday 12/14 |
| Lam Research (LRCX) to acquire Novellus Systems (NVLS) | stock swap valued at $44.42/share or $3.3 bln |
Monday 12/12 |
| Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) offers to buy Vulcan Materials (VMC) | stock swap valued at $36.69/share or $4.7 bln |
Friday 12/9 |
| Thoma Bravo (private) to acquire Blue Coat Systems (BCSI) | $25.81/share in cash or $1.3 bln |
Monday 12/5 |
| SAP (SAP) to acquire SuccessFactors (SFSF) | $40/share in cash or $3.4 bln |
Thursday 12/1 |
| Synopsys (SNPS) to acquire Magma Design Automation (LAVA) | $7.35/share in cash or $507 mln |
Monday 11/21 |
| Alleghany (Y) to acquire Transatlantic Holdings (TRH) | stock and cash valued at $59.79/share or $3.4 bln |
| Gilead Sciences (GILD) to acquire Pharmasset (VRUS) | $137/share in cash or $11 bln |
Monday 11/14 |
| Verifone Systems (PAY) to acquire Point | $818 mln in cash |
Thurday 11/10 |
| Caterpillar (CAT) to acquire ERA Mining Machinery | $887 mln in cash |
Monday 11/7 |
| General Dynamics (GD) to acquire Force Protection | $360 mln in cash |
| Siris Capital (private) to acquire Tekelec (TKLC) | $11/share or $780 mln in cash |
Tuesday 11/1 |
| Yahoo (YHOO) to acquire interclick | $270 mln in cash |
Thursday 10/27 |
| Coca-Cola (KO) to acquire Great Plains Coca-Cola Bottling | $360 mln in cash |
Tuesday 10/25 |
| Mattel (MAT) to acquire HIT Entertainment | $680 mln in cash |
Thursday 10/20 |
| Cisco Systems (CSCO) to acquire BNI Video | $99 mln in cash |
Monday 10/17 |
| Kinder Morgan (KMI) to acquire El Paso Energy (EP) | $26.87/share in cash & stock or $21 bln |
| Statoil (foreign) to acquire Brigham Exploration (BEXP) | $36.50/share in cash or $4.4 bln |
Last Week's Announcements
Wednesday 10/12 |
| Ares Management (private) to acquire 99 Cents Only (NDN) | $22/share in cash or $1.6 bln |
| NeuStar (NSR) to acquire Targus Information | $650 mln in cash |
Monday 10/10 |
| Superior Energy Services (SPN) to acquire Complete Production Services (CPX) | cash & stock valued at $2.6 bln |
Monday 10/3 |
| ACI Worldwide (ACIW) to acquire S1 Corp. (SONE) | $9.55/share in cash & stock. Total value $516 mln |
| Agco (AGCO) to acquire GSI Holdings | $940 mln in cash |
| Carlyle, Hellman & Friedman to acquire Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPDI) | $33.25/share in cash or $3.9 bln |
Thursday 9/29 |
| Nationwide Mutual Insurance (private) to acquire Harleysville Group (HGIC) | $60/share in cash or $760 mln |
Tuesday 9/27 |
| RenRen (RENN) to acquire 56.com | $80 mln in cash |
Thursday 9/22 |
| United Technologies (UTX) to acquire Goodrich (GR) | $127.50/share in cash or $16.5 bln |
Thursday 9/15 |
| GTCR to acquire Fundtech (FNDT) | $23.33/share in cash or $353 mln |
| Teradyne (TER) to acquire Litepoint | $510 mln in cash plus future milestones |
Monday 9/12 |
| Broadcom (BRCM) to acquire NetLogic Microsystems (NETL) | $50/share in cash or $3.7 bln |
| Colfax Corp. (CFX) to acquire Charter Int'l | $2.4 bln in cash & stock |
Tuesday 9/6 |
| International Paper (IP) to acquire Temple-Inland (TIN) | $32/share in cash or $3.7 bln |
| Lufkin Industries (LUFK) to acquire Quinn's Oilfield Supply | $303 mln in cash |
Thursday 9/1 |
| Liquidity Services (LQDT) to acquire Jacobs Trading consumer unit | $140 mln in cash |
| Stryker (SYK) to acquire Concentric Medical | $135 mln in cash |
Monday 8/29 |
| CEO offers to take Venoco (VQ) private | $12.50/share or $770 mln in cash |
Thursday 8/25 |
| Compass Diversified Holdgins (CODI) to acquire Camelback | $245 mln in cash |
Tuesday 8/23 |
| Omnicare (OCR) to acquire PharMerica (PMC) | $15/share or $457 mln in cash |
Thursday 8/18 |
| Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) to acquire Autonomy | $10.25 bln in cash |
Tuesday 8/16 |
| NRG Energy (NRG) to acquire Energy Plus | $190 mln in cash |
| Permira Funds (private) to acquire Rennaissance Learning (RLRN) | $14.85/share in cash or $440 mln |
Monday 8/15 |
| Google (GOOG) to acquire Motorola Mobility (MMI) | $40/share in cash or $12.5 bln |
| Time Warner Cable (TWC) to acquire Insight Communications | $3 bln in cash |
| Transocean (RIG) to acquire Aker Drilling (foreign) | $1.43 bln in cash |
Friday 8/5 |
| Blackstone Group (private) to acquire Emdeon (EM) | $19/share in cash or $3 bln |
Thursday 7/21 |
| Express Scripts (ESRX) to acquire Medco Health Solutions (MHS) | $71.36/share in cash & stock, or $29.1 bln |
Monday 7/18 |
| Hertz (HTZ) to acquire Donlen | $250 mln plus debt assumption |
Friday 7/15 |
| BHP Billiton (BHP) to acquire Petrohawk Energy (HK) | $38.75/share in cash or $12.1 bln |
| Carl Icahn offers to acquire Clorox (CLX) | $76.50/share in cash or $10 bln |
Wednesday 7/13 |
| Apax Partners (private) to acquire Kinetic Concepts (KCI) | $65.50/share in cash or $4.98 bln |
| Electronic Arts (ERTS) to acquire PopCap Games | $1.3 bln in cash |
Monday 7/11 |
| Peabody Energy (BTU) & ArcelorMittal (MT) offer to acquire Macarthur Coal | A$15.50/share or A$4.7 bln in cash |
| Precision Castparts (PCP) to acquire Primus | $900 mln in cash |
Friday 7/8 |
| eBay (EBAY) to acquire Zong | $240 mln in cash |
Tuesday 7/5 |
| TPG Capital (private) to acquire Immucor (BLUD) | $27/share in cash or $1.97 bln |
Friday 7/1 |
| Providence Group (private) to acquire Blackboard (BBBB) | $45/share in cash or $1.64 bln |
Thursday 6/30 |
| Ansys (ANSS) to acquire Apache Design Solutions | $310 mln in cash |
Wednesday 6/29 |
| Leonard Green & CVC (private) to acquire BJ's Wholesale Club (BJ) | $51.25/share or $2.8 bln in cash |
Monday 6/27 |
| Stanley Black & Decker (SWK) offers to acquire Niscayah (foreign) | $1.04 bln in cash plus debt assumption |
Wednesday 6/22 |
| Dentsply Int'l (XRAY) to acquire Astra Tech unit of AstraZeneca (AZN) | $1.8 bln in cash |
Monday 6/20 |
| PNC (PNC) to acquire U.S. unit of Royal Bank of Canada (RY) | $3.45 bln in cash & possibly stock |
| private consortium led by CEO to acquire Harbin Electric (HRBN) | $24/share or $750 mln in cash |
Thursday 6/16 |
| Capital One Financial (COF) to acquire ING Direct unit of ING (ING) | $9 bln in cash and stock |
| Energy Transfer Equity (ETE) to acquire Southern Union (SUG) | $33/share or $4.2 bln in cash plus assumption of debt |
Tuesday 6/14 |
| Avis Budget Group (CAR) to acquire Avis Europe | $1 bln in cash |
Monday 6/13 |
| Roark Capital to acquire Arby's from Wendy's/Arby's Group (WEN) | $430 mln in cash and other considerations |
| Transatlantic Holdings (TRH) to merge with Allied World Assurance | stock swap valued at $3.2 bln |
| V.F. Corp. (VFC) to acquire Timberland (TBL) | <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/VF-to-Acquire-The-Timberland-bw-3259467661.html?x% |
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